Nghe An fishermen proactively take shelter from storm number 2
Storm No. 2 is moving into the Hainan Island area (China), Nghe An fishermen have grasped the direction of the storm to proactively avoid it.
Quynh Lap Commune (Hoang Mai Town) is a locality with a large number of fishing boats, with nearly 200 large and medium capacity boats. This morning, July 22, Mr. Phan Van Hai - Chairman of Quynh Lap Commune Fisheries Association said that, after receiving information about storm No. 2, all local boats have returned to shore safely since yesterday, July 21, including some boats docking at fishing ports in Quang Tri, Da Nang, Quang Nam...
"After the storm passes, which is also the end of the lunar new year holiday, all boats will set sail again," said Mr. Phan Van Hai.
Mr. Hoang Ngoc Thuy - Head of the Economic Department of Hoang Mai town said: When there is a storm in the East Sea, the most worrying problem is that fishing boats at sea do not have information.
For this storm No. 2, although it moved to the North, implementing the directive of the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense, the town directed localities and coordinated with Quynh Phuong Border Guard Station to connect with vehicle owners to specifically inform them about the direction of storm No. 2's movement so that they could proactively avoid, escape or not move into dangerous areas.
On the morning of July 22, although some ships from Hoang Mai town had not yet returned to shore, the captains maintained clear communication.
In Quynh Luu district, by the morning of July 22, most of the fishing boats had anchored in the storm shelter area. According to the Lach Quen Fishing Port Management Board, at this time, offshore fishermen return to rest, so most of the large-capacity boats have returned to shore a few days ago. It is expected that in a few days, when the storm is over, fishermen will continue to go out to sea to exploit seafood.
Dien Chau district is the locality with the largest number of small-capacity boats in the province. Of the 950 boats, 215 are offshore fishing boats, the rest are offshore fishing boats.
Mr. Le The Hieu - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dien Chau district said that the number of offshore fishing boats had returned to shore since the previous day. For small-capacity fishing boats, fishing close to shore, because the province has not yet issued a sea ban, fishermen fishing in the open sea still go to sea, however, they only go for a short time and regularly keep in touch with the authorities.
Nghe An currently has 3,415 fishing boats, a total of 16,578 seafood exploitation workers, of which 8,329 are offshore workers. To ensure the safety of fishing boats at sea when there is a tropical depression or storm, communication and calling for boats to return to shore in a timely manner is always a top priority for local authorities and functional agencies.
Previously, on the afternoon of July 19, the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense issued Official Dispatch No. 04/CD-BCH to relevant localities and units, directing measures to respond to the tropical depression.
In particular, for sea routes and coastal areas, closely monitor the development of tropical depressions; strictly manage means of transport going out to sea; organize counting and notify owners of means of transport, captains of ships and boats operating at sea of the location, direction of movement and development of tropical depressions to proactively avoid, escape or not move into dangerous areas.
